A Brief Megillah
Karen Webber delivers a micro version of ‘the whole megillah’ in her performance piece.
Purim
“Masks help us imagine / it’s history
and only our story…”
Psalm of Seeking
“I touch the rough bark of a tree
and it speaks, but only / in leaves and branches…”
Milkweeds
“These seeds will fly without help…”
Lev
“May the Shekhinah
drive you home in her taxi…”
Vashti’s Ghost to Ahasuerus
An original midrash in word and art from Vashti’s perspective.
Burdens and Blessings
“Being Jewish / shapes and shades my poetry / forms and reforms my soul…”
The Woman in the Mirror
A midrash shared from the perspective of Elisheba.
Spring
“even the / darkest, coldest winter
still gives way to spring…”
The First Time
“No words can describe it. / The first time I held her on my chest…”
